Academic Leadership and Governance of Higher Education [OP]: A Guide for Trustees, Leaders, and Aspiring Leaders of Two- and Four-Year Institutions 10/16/12 Edition

This textbook is required for a course in my Higher Education Administration master's program. There are a couple/few references to Reframing Organizations (Bolden). I'd recommend reading that book in addition to this one. The 5th edition of Reframing Organizations just has an updated Preface. The Table of Contents is the same, verbatim (to edition 4, 2008). The author split paragraphs (same verbiage) from 2 paragraphs to 3, for example, to make the book look different. Total ripoff; thankfully my school library had a copy.Academic Leadership and Governance of Higher Education is a multidisciplinary book (covering such topics as education law, higher ed organizational structure and roles, systems theory, etc.). I read the book in 7 or 8 days. I enjoyed it very much.The best part of the book involves best practices recommendations by the authors. They are not provided at the start or end of any of the chapters; you have to read the book cover to cover to get them (and there are a lot of them). There are a lot of defined terms thoughout the reading.My biggest criticisms are:1. The author didn't reference everything in the index. I found myself writing where things are mentioned in the book in the index.2. Sometimes, terms are used (like Ivory tower). It's mentioned, first, on p. 15. It's not defined till p. 85. It's used again on pp. 180-181. Thankfully I kept a sheet of paper of words (and concepts) not defined and what pages they were on. If I didn't, it would have driven me nuts looking for the information presented earlier; this early information makes the ideas/definitions more complete.3. You can't skip around too much; the reading is progressive (important verbiage, referenced early, is used in later chapters). If you read the chapters out of order, you will miss a lot.Overall, I would recommend this book. I learned a lot. I am in the midst of making a digital writeup for facilitation of course requirements. There is A LOT of information in the relatively small book.Enjoy!

The book came with water damage at the top of the book. It didn't effect any of the important pages needed but I wanted it to be noted so I wouldn't be blamed or charged for it.

My book arrived early and in great shape!

It is for my son he needs

Great for a weekend read at the beach. Just kidding. It's a textbook, but I like Hendrickson's writing style, as he does manage to inject some humor. His take seems pro-administration, but that's fine, since I'm not on the academic side.

Excellent book with a full coverage of important issues in Higher Education governance and leadership. Great balance of topics, I recommend it for HI ED students, and of course for HI ED administrators and wanting to be leaders. It could be an excellent present for new board members, too.

Nobody reads a book on governance for fun. But it came in time for my class, and didn’t cost as much as the bookstore price.

While this textbook is purchased for a graduate education course, it's logically laid out, easy to reference, and has been a go-to source for foundational understanding.